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  • American Presidential Campaigns in the Attention Economy

    by Ceren Budak, Jonathan M. Ladd, Josh Pasek, Lisa Singh, Michael W. Traugott ...
    Series series Elements in Campaigns and Elections
    In the social media era, people and organizations increasingly fight over the public's attention. This competition is especially intense in American presidential campaigns. As someone who used attention-grabbing strategies throughout his career, Donald Trump's communication skills were well suited to this environment. His campaigns illustrate the power and limits of attention-grabbing campaign ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

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  • The Voter's Guide to Election Polls

    by Michael W. Traugott, Paul J. Lavrakas ...
    Everything you need to know about election polls can be found in this compact, conversational, and current volume. When it comes to tapping the public’s opinion on candidates and issues at the ballot box, the stakes are high. Acclaimed scholars Michael W. Traugott and Paul J. Lavrakas—who also have regularly conducted polls, not just studied them—cover the latest technologies used for data ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • The Voter’s Guide to Election Polls; Fifth Edition

    by Michael W. Traugott, Ph.D., Paul J. Lavrakas, Ph.D. ...
    For the sixth presidential election running, Michael W. Traugott and Paul J. Lavrakas team up to give voters everything they need to know about election polls. When it comes to polls, the stakes are high, which is why this edition has been revised to incorporate information on the latest technologies used for data collection and data analysis. In straightforward language, the authors answer ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Experimental Methods in Survey Research

    Techniques that Combine Random Sampling with Random Assignment

    Edited by Paul J. Lavrakas, Michael W. Traugott, Courtney Kennedy, Allyson L. Holbrook, Edith D. de Leeuw, Brady T. West ...
    Series series Wiley Series in Survey Methodology
    A thorough and comprehensive guide to the theoretical, practical, and methodological approaches used in survey experiments across disciplines such as political science, health sciences, sociology, economics, psychology, and marketingThis book explores and explains the broad range of experimental designs embedded in surveys that use both probability and non-probability samples. It approaches the ... Read more

    $102.00 USD

  • Presidential Polls And The News Media

    by Paul J Lavrakas, Michael Traugott, Peter V Miller ...
    Most news media are "data rich but analysis poor" when it comes to election polling. Since election polls clearly have the power to influence campaigns and election post-mortems, it is important that "spin" not take precedence over significance in the reporting of poll results. In this volume, experts in the media and in academe challenge the conventional approaches that most news media take in ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

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    Post - E2012 Edition

    by Jonathan D. Simon ...
    CODE RED is about what has happened to American elections, American politics, and America since computers took over the vote counting just a few short years ago. It identifies red flags and offers accessible examinations of why those flags are red. It is a disturbing and provocative call to action. It is about saving our democracy and our country. Now, before it's all gone. Free and fair elections ... Read more

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  • The Changing Face of Representation

    The Gender of U.S. Senators and Constituent Communications

    by Kim Fridkin, Patrick Kenney ...
    Series series The Cawp Series In Gender And American Politics
    As the number of women in the U.S. Senate grows, so does the number of citizens represented by women senators. At the same time, gender remains a key factor in senators’ communications to constituents as well as in news media portrayals of senators. Focusing on 32 male and female senators during the 2006 congressional election year, Kim L. Fridkin and Patrick J. Kenney examine in detail senators’ ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Insecure Majorities

    Congress and the Perpetual Campaign

    by Frances E. Lee ...
    "[A] tour de force. Building upon her argument in Beyond Ideology, she adds an important wrinkle into the current divide between the parties in Congress." — Perspectives on PoliticsAs Democrats and Republicans continue to vie for political advantage, Congress remains paralyzed by partisan conflict. That the last two decades have seen some of the least productive Congresses in recent history is ... Read more

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  • Revolving Door Lobbying

    Public Service, Private Influence, and the Unequal Representation of Interests

    by Timothy M. LaPira, Herschel F. Thomas III ...
    In recent decades Washington has seen an alarming rise in the number of “revolving door lobbyists”—politicians and officials cashing in on their government experience to become influence peddlers on K Street. These lobbyists, popular wisdom suggests, sell access to the highest bidder. Revolving Door Lobbying tells a different, more nuanced story. As an insider interviewed in the book observes, ... Read more

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  • The Measure of American Elections

    Edited by Barry C. Burden, Charles Stewart, III ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Election Law and Democracy
    Policymaking in the realm of elections is too often grounded in anecdotes and opinions, rather than in good data and scientific research. To remedy this, The Measure of American Elections brings together a dozen leading scholars to examine the performance of elections across the United States, using a data-driven perspective. This book represents a transformation in debates about election reform, ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Legislating in the Dark

    Information and Power in the House of Representatives

    by James M. Curry ...
    Series series Chicago Studies in American Politics
    Political science scholar James M. Curry explores the inner workings of Congress's House of Representatives in this thought-provoking analysis.The 2009 financial stimulus bill ran to more than 1,100 pages, yet it wasn't even given to Congress in its final form until thirteen hours before debate was set to begin, and it was passed twenty-eight hours later. How are representatives expected to digest ... Read more

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  • The Influence of Campaign Contributions in State Legislatures

    The Effects of Institutions and Politics

    by Lynda W. Powell ...
    Series series Legislative Politics And Policy Making
    Campaign contributions are widely viewed as a corrupting influence but most scholarly research concludes that they have marginal impact on legislative behavior. Lynda W. Powell shows that contributions have considerable influence in some state legislatures but very little in others. Using a national survey of legislators, she develops an innovative measure of influence and delineates the factors ... Read more

    $30.99 USD